06/03/2014  Nakamura will succeed Yoichi Nakagawa, who is retiring from SEMI.

06/02/2014  Samsung today announced that the IP and design enablement ecosystem for its foundry’s 14nm FinFET process technology is firmly in place as customers begin their early design work.

06/02/2014  Test professionals who want to learn, forecast and debate the future of semiconductor test will attend the 7th annual IEEE Test Vision 2020 Workshop, held in conjunction with SEMICON West 2014 (July 8-10) in San Francisco.

05/28/2014  The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced that global semiconductor industry leaders reached an agreement at the 18th annual meeting of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) last week on a series of policy proposals to strengthen the industry through international cooperation.

05/28/2014  Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced the Endura Ventura PVD system that helps customers reduce the cost of fabricating smaller, lower power, high-performance integrated 3D chips.

05/28/2014  Amkor Technology, Inc. and Carsem today jointly announced the settlement of the litigation initiated by Amkor against Carsem alleging infringement of Amkor's MicroLeadFrame (MLF) patents.

05/28/2014  STATS ChipPAC Ltd., a provider of advanced semiconductor packaging and test services, today introduced encapsulated Wafer Level Chip Scale Package, a packaging technology that raises the industry standard of durability for Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP).

05/27/2014  Synopsys, Inc. today announced the validation of DesignWare IP in the TSMC 16nm FinFET process technology, demonstrating the ongoing collaboration between Synopsys and TSMC to provide designers with proven IP for their advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

05/27/2014  ­ Ziptronix Inc. and EV Group today announced they have successfully achieved submicron post-bond alignment accuracy on customer-provided 300mm DRAM wafers.

05/23/2014  Today, KLA-Tencor Corporation announced the Teron SL650, a new reticle quality control solution for IC fabs that supports 20nm design nodes and beyond.

05/22/2014  Microchip Technology Incorporated, a provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, and ISSC Technologies Corporation (ISSC) today announced that Microchip has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ISSC.

05/22/2014  SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced the launch of its Rapier XE system for 300mm wafer silicon etching.

05/21/2014  The ProPlus blog here on Solid State Technology has looked at giga-scale design challenges and, this year, so will the Design Automation Conference (DAC).

05/20/2014  Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that it has acquired Nimbic, Inc., a provider of Maxwell-accurate, 3D full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation solutions.

05/20/2014  ON Semiconductor has introduced a new family of six N-channel MOSFETS that have been designed and optimized to deliver efficiency.

05/20/2014  The 17th annual IITC will be held May 21 – 23, 2014 in conjunction with the 31st AMC at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.

05/19/2014  Top 20 ranking shows that semiconductor industry company consolidation continues to accelerate.

05/19/2014  China's, largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, today announced that SMIC, Wuhan Xinxin, Tsinghua University, Beijing University, Fudan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Microelectronics have collaborated to setup the "IC Advanced Technology Research Institute" to create the most advanced IC technology research and development institution in China.

05/19/2014  Brewer Science, Inc., a supplier of thin-wafer handling technology, materials, and equipment to the microelectronics industry, today unveiled the Brewer Science Apogee bonder for temporary wafer bonding applications.

05/16/2014  After nearly a quarter of a century, the off-shoring manufacturing trend that decimated the U.S. manufacturing sector and played a significant role in the slow pace of the current economic recovery seems to be ending.